{"id":1360,"date":"2021-04-01T13:20:53","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T17:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaba2.psych.ryerson.ca\/psychlabs2\/spplab\/?page_id=1360"},"modified":"2025-10-29T10:04:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T14:04:14","slug":"sexism-self-objectification","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/spplab\/research\/intergroup-relations\/sexism-self-objectification\/","title":{"rendered":"Sexism &amp; Self-Objectification"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1360\" class=\"elementor elementor-1360\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c06f3ea elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c06f3ea\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b21debe\" data-id=\"b21debe\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-0b4c70f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0b4c70f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7b659d8\" data-id=\"7b659d8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d85e7f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d85e7f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sexism &amp; Self-Objectification<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-08d1535\" data-id=\"08d1535\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9312f48 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9312f48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"305\" src=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/spplab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/Sexism-Objectification-icon.png\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536 wp-image-1568\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/spplab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/Sexism-Objectification-icon.png 400w, https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/spplab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/Sexism-Objectification-icon-300x229.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a03ac38 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a03ac38\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f4b47b6\" data-id=\"f4b47b6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b4a8a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"0b4a8a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f328b76 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f328b76\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7e736f3\" data-id=\"7e736f3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed9b60c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ed9b60c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 1997, Fredrickson and Roberts proposed objectification theory as a framework for understanding the effects of sexual objectification on women. Self-objectification, or the internalization of an (objectified) external view of oneself fosters body shame, appearance anxiety, and in turn disordered eating, depressive symptoms, sexual dysfunction, among other consequences.<\/p><p>In recent years, our research has focused more heavily on the self-objectifying experiences of women of colour. We created a skin bleaching behaviour scale (Choma &amp; Prusaczyk, 2018), and study skin tone and hair texture surveillance, as well as the role of internalizing a White ideal (Harper &amp; Choma, 2018; Prusaczyk &amp; Choma, 2018). We also evaluate the effect of beliefs like belief in a just world and colour-blind racial ideology (i.e. beliefs that serve to justify existing oppressive social systems) on connections between self-objectification and outcomes.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-style: inherit;font-weight: inherit\">Some of our other work in this area has examined how self-objectification impacts compliance with COVID-19 health precautions (Earle, Prusaczyk, Choma, &amp; Calogero, 2021), and experiences of women who have recently had a baby.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f75d8b0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f75d8b0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1e6e76f\" data-id=\"1e6e76f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c60a919 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"c60a919\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/psychlabs.torontomu.ca\/spplab\/project-findings\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Project Findings<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a26932 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7a26932\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-52c3131 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"52c3131\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c79cf13\" data-id=\"c79cf13\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0e5cee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e0e5cee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: right\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small\">Photo Source: Humphrey, I. (n.d.). <i>Power Moves [illustration]<\/i>. Blush.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blush.design\/collections\/power-moves\/women-scene-revolution\/8hz1WVKe7?c=Skin_0%7Ef6d2ab-0.1%7Effd6ea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/blush.design\/collections\/power-moves\/women-scene-revolution\/8hz1WVKe7?c%3DSkin_0%257Ef6d2ab-0.1%257Effd6ea&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1618329429432000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHsDuoT8B6hxbgXla-dk3bWMzQaTw\">https:\/\/blush.design\/collections\/power-moves\/women-scene-revolution\/8hz1WVKe7?c=Skin_0%7Ef6d2ab-0.1%7Effd6ea<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-df5fd61 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"df5fd61\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e811676\" data-id=\"e811676\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sexism &amp; Self-Objectification In 1997, Fredrickson and Roberts proposed objectification theory as a framework for understanding the effects of sexual objectification on women. Self-objectification, or the internalization of an (objectified) external view of oneself fosters body shame, appearance anxiety, and in turn disordered eating, depressive symptoms, sexual dysfunction, among other consequences. 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